Margaret M. Hyland¹; ¹Victoria University of Wellington

Producing a diverse and talented workforce is a challenge for technology enterprises world-wide. It’s also an issue for our science research system, who draw from the same pool of technically trained graduates.Universities play a key role in the attraction and development of a diverse pool of future industry and research leaders. In New Zealand, Mâori and Pacific peoples make up a quarter of the population. Yet Mâori and Pacific peoples make up only 8% of tertiary students studying STEM disciplines and only 2% of the scientific research community. In common with many countries, we also face a challenge attracting women into STEM. This talk will examine some of the approaches being trialed in New Zealand and although they are designed for the particular NZ context, there are principles that translate across geographies and sectors.